The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-24

near Ybor City Thursday. Through the
enterprise of some sensationalists it was re-
ported a case of yellow fever. There is
nothing about the case TO warrant such a
statement. Lurck had not been out of the
county for six months.
The 8 year-old daughter of w. Baker
who lives two miles south of Glendale, was
burned TO death Wednesday. She attempt
ed TO kindle fire with the aid Of a coal oil
can which exploded and set fire to three
children, burning two severely and one
fatally. The child lived but two hours after
the accident
Henry Bush, Young cigarmaker and
son-in-law of William Bethel, chairman Of
the Board of Aldermen, was called to his
door at Key West, Monday night by some
unknown party who shot at him. For
tunately the bullet missed its aim. AS soon
as Bush could draw his revolver, he returned
the fire, but by that time the scoundrel was
out of range. This is the third or fourth
attempt within the last six weeks against
different parties.
The ST. Augustine Battery, at special
meeting Wednesday night, decided to ac-
cept the invitation to form part of the
Florida battalion which will escort Gov.
Perry to Atlanta on Oct. Is, and which is to
take part in the military reception to be
given the President and Mrs Cleveland on
the 10Th. A large number of people will
! plODdDlN accompany JH6 DdbUeIy III OttieI
to pay their respects to the Chief Mag
istrate and his lady.
The I. and T. railroad has located its pas
senger depot in the Long Grove addition
to Tallahassee on the extension of Monroe
street. The engineer corps has been several
days trying to find the least expensive line
from where the depot of the T. and T.
railroad will be located at the north end of
! Monroe street to the depot of the Florida
Railway and Navigation. Preliminary
lines were run on each side of the city and
| both were found to require very heavy
grading. The west side has been selected as
the best.
News WIS brought to Jacksonville Thurs
day morning of the burning of A. i. Dolby's
elegant residence at Woodlawn, which is
situated on Cedar creek, about eight miles
| from Jacksonville. The house was consid-
cred one of the finest residences in the coun-
try, and was furnished with oriental mag
niiicence. The fire occurred while both Mr..
and Mrs. Dolby were absent, there being
nobody i'll the house at the time. 1t is be-
| lieved the fire was of incendiary origin The
loss is heavy on the owner, as the property
was valued at $4,000, and carried very
| little insurance. Mr.. Dolby is the owner
of the steamer Kate Spencer.
A strange accident happened on Division
street, Key West, at Philbrick's new houses,
which occasioned considerable comment
and started a rumor of some foul murder
| Tuesday morning big pool of blood was
discovered near the pickets; the fence was ter
ribly despatched, with trail of blood lead
ing away from it. A big crowd gathered,
| ali satisfied that horrible murder had been
committed. An investigation showed that
some big dog in attempting to jump the
fence had slipped and impaled himself upon
| the pickets. His heartrending cries awoke
| the neighbOrhood. He loosed himself, but
will certainly die. His body could not be
| found.
Married, in Tampa, on Tuesday night,
| Sept. 20, Rev. A. F. Randall officiating, Mr..
Sam. Paine, of Tarpon Springs, and Miss
| Leora Stevens, of Boston. Mass. There
is nothing surprising about this an
nouncement in itself, but when it is taken
into consideration that the contracting par
ties had never met each other before that
| night, the matter assumes a more interest
ing phase. 1t seems that they have been
corresponding for quite a while and by let
ter agreed to link their lives together for
better, for worse" Accordingly they met
at the depot in Tampa ON the night named
and within ar hour the knot was tied. They
took carriage for Tarpon Springs, their
future home, Wednesday morning
| The heavy northeast winds that have pre-
vailed for the past week have caused higher
| tides than have been known for many
months. Some of the lowest docks along
the river front have been nearly overdowe1
by the water. Along the whole of the
| Florida coasts the reports are the same.
high tides. At Pablo Beach, Burnside and
| Mayport especially was it noticeable At
ordinary high tide at Pablo the surf does
not reach within fifteen feet of the pavilion.
| but during the storms of this week, it has
not only reached the pavilion but has
broken over the third and fourth steps.
Nov I. cit ~
reached many of the houses and in some in
| stances, the foundations were in cart washed
away. One thing noticeable, caused by these
| heavy tides, is the presence of Gulf weed, or
sargassun in the river. 1t was found in
| large quantities at point near ChaSeyille
| which is eighteen miles from the mouth of
the river. Considerable has been found in
| the st. Johns opposite Jacksonville a I'd from
a gentleman who lives ten miles further I'D
the river, or thirty-tlve miles from the bar,
| it is learned that he has on several occasions
| found it floating near his place The Gulf
weed is seldom seen out of its native waters
and the presence of it is no doubt due to the
heavy winds which have prevailed 1t is
| the opinion of one gentleman, who was
asked in regard to the matter, that patches
of it would probably be found floating as
| far up the river as PalatlIa, and that it
would be seen for some weeks to come.
Wednesday afternoon Sanitary Inspector
| d. II. Campbell, of Jacksonville, was aI,-
preached by lady who told him that there
was child at lis North street that had
been most cruelty beaten by its mother. Mr.
Campbell reported the matter at once to
Chief Inspector f. T. Hernandez They
went together to the house designated and
found a negro woman named Mahaila
Brown living there. Upon inquiry she
stated that the child, a girl of IA years of
age, was hers, that she had whipped her
while in a passion, that the whipping had
been given some days since, and that the
| girl was attending to her household duties
as usual Upon the inspectors demand
! ing to see the child, the mother hest
| tated and made many excuses, but finally
consented to get light and allow them to
see her Upon opening the door a most
horrible stencil, as of decaying meat, greeted
the officers, and upon a box, sitting down
and gazing with an idiotic expression into
vacancy sat the victim of a most inhuman
mothers anger. The stencil arising from
the fostering body of the child was such as
TO compel the officers TO keep their nostrils
covered while in the noisome room Upon
| questioning the child who apparently was
in deadly fear of its mother as to its being
whipped, she replied: Eyes, but that it did
not urt her now Upon being asked to
stand up and walk, she tried, but could not
lift her poor swollen foot and limbs To do so.
| The inspectors departed and reported the